Well, another loss to a bad team for the Chicago White Sox. In the past, the Sox have dominated interleague play. Now, they are being dominated by it. It’s hard to be encouraged by anything going on right now aside from Jake Peavy and Chris Sale.
– Yet again, Peavy pitches another gem. Yet again, Peavy loses a gem. In his three losses, he’s given up a combined total of three runs. You could very well make the case that the two best pitchers in the AL this season both play on the South Side of Chicago. That’s why it so frustrating that this team just fell out of first place.
– The offense was once again M.I.A., and they appear to be going through one of these stages where everyone is going into a slump at once. I’m still optimistic with this group though outside of the third base position. Look, the Orlando Hudson signing wasn’t a bad idea. It was a low risk/high reward option, but it’s been a month and this is just not working out offensively and defensively. Whether it be Eduardo Escobar, Brent Lillibridge, someone in AAA or a trade, it might be time to change things for a little while there.
– With that said, I know O-Dog blamed the loss on himself tonight for that error, but I believe that you can NEVER blame a baseball game on one player or one play. What about in the second inning when Travis Wood walked three guys and we were only able to get across one run and left the bases loaded? That to me stands out much more than the error, as the Sox had an opportunity to jump out to a three or four run lead. Instead, they gave the Cubs the momentum, and they scored two runs and took the lead soon after.
– If we are going to criticize Robin for his bad moves, we have to point out the good ones he makes. Leaving Jake Peavy in after the DeJesus triple and sticking to his guns appears like it was a good decision, and if the Sox would have came back and won that game in the bottom of the ninth, I hope people would have viewed it as a GOOD game-changing move by Robin. Lord knows he took enough heat for making the bad move on Sunday.
– Real quick comment about the attendance: it’s no wonder the Sox aren’t drawing when the cheapest seat for a game in the Cubs series is 45 dollars. That’s totally ridiculous, and 75 dollars for bleacher seats? You are totally pricing the high school and college kids out of going to the ballpark. It seems as if the Sox thought they could get away with overpricing the Cubs series because they figured they’d always sell that one out. These prices are nuts, and it’s why no one is coming out to the game, ESPECIALLY when the team can’t win at home and haven’t been able to for three years now.
It’s Gavin Floyd trying to play the role of stopper tomorrow night, as he opposes Randy Wells in a potential series sweep game for the Cubs. Lately, Floyd been the complete opposite of a stopper, so let’s hope that trend changes.
